hey-you will always get people saying 'its been covered before', 'you have mispelled X', 'maybe you should do this....', anyway, you will usually get more helpful responses
May I suggest going abroad. You will need a JAA/CAA/IAA license to work in the UK, Ireland, Europe. IF you get an American license you will proably only be able to use it in America, and so on .....
So you can convert you license from country Y to JAA, or you can get a JAA one right out, which seems to cost a lot more, but you will need to convert it anyway.
From what I can guage, it is very hard to get a permit to work abroad, so you will proably be better off with a JAA license, as you will proably have the legal right to work in Europe.
There are fewer jobs here in Europe for a small hours pilot. For a commercial license you need about 250 hours, and once you have this you can get a license to work on a larger commercial plane with an ATPL frozen, then once you have 1500 hours, this becomes unfrozen, Its complicated, but I recommend the CAA (UK) LASORS, its very long winded but bear with it. It tells you a lot!! I hope this has been helpful, if you wish, just ask for more! I will be happy to help :-)